ALFONS VAN HOOF 250 Group 12 Svay Dangkum • Siem Reap • CAMBODIA • +855978714902 67, Rukmani Devi Road •Negombo • SRI LANKA • +94777554896 • [email protected] • www.twtrans.info

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Nationality: Birth date: May 31, 1953 Gender: Male Marital Status: Married

Number of 1 Dependants: Languages: English, French, German, Dutch

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2001 to TRADE WINDS TRANSLATIONS Present Negombo, Sri Lanka Freelancing work

- Translation into English and Dutch - from French, German, Dutch and English - Books, documents, brochures, flyers, websites - Working with Wordfast Pro - Design and layout in Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign - Webdesign with Fireworks and Dreamweaver - Facsimile reproduction of old books and articles - map design (road maps, regional maps, city maps, also with GPS cover)

August 10, 2009 to INNODATA-ISOGEN LANKA Present Colombo, Sri Lanka Consultant

- Quality Control on coding work (pre-print activities) - Copy-editing for Dutch and English language publishing work - Translations into English from Dutch, French, German and Spanish (documents, procedures, emails, articles) - Translations from Dutch into English and German (article titles digest) - Consulting and quality control on image production

2001 to SOLIDEAL GROUP / LOADSTAR FACTORIES May 15, 2009 Ekala, Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka International Purchasing Manager & Personal Assistant

1) Purchasing Manager (2001-2005; decreased gradually since 2006) - required material planning - vendor searching, price requests and negotiations - follow up of placed orders - installing an operative SAP system for ERP purposes 2) Personal Assistant Board Directors (gradually from 2006 onwards) - overlooking preparations of board meeting documents and presentations - cost analysis and cost improvements/rectifications for the local production units - comparative costing between all production units (several countries) - ad hoc research as required by the board - handling delicate and foreign language correspondence (English, French,

ALFONS VAN HOOF 250 Group 12 Svay Dangkum • Siem Reap • CAMBODIA • +855978714902 67, Rukmani Devi Road •Negombo • SRI LANKA • +94777554896 • [email protected] • www.twtrans.info

German, Dutch)

1984 to SINT ELIGIUS INSTITUUT / KDG HOGESCHOOL 2000 , Belgium teacher / lecturer / coordinator

- teaching science and business topics - lecturing international economics and transport logistics - coordinating the international transport and logistics department, a new initiative started from scratch in 1989 - defining the national curriculum for the same department - course text production in Dutch and English

1982 to VARIOUS PART TIME FUNCTIONS 2000 Antwerp, Brussels, Belgium lecturer / trainer

1995-2000 - RAET, a private training company - various IT related training courses, mainly MS Office related 1982-1987 - Business Graduate School - lecturer information science to adult graduate students VOLUNTEER WORK:

1982 to COMMUNITY CENTER “KAUWENBERG” 2000 Antwerp, Belgium

Welcome center in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Antwerp, focused on capacity building of the lower sub layer of people known as “4th World” – the generation long poor living mainly in or at the edge of large cities. Main activities: individual and group consulting on budgeting, basic administration (how to keep your papers (ID, tax, social security) in order, getting away from alcohol and drugs, and the like.

1987 to YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTER 1996 Parishes of St: Bavo () and Bund () Antwerp, Belgium

Coordinator and responsible for all youth activities. Supervising adult of the Youth Club, particularly during weekend openings and parties.

1990 to OPEN DEUR (Open Door Project) 1996 Antwerp, Belgium

Individual and anonymous counseling center in the middle of old Antwerp : personal problems, financial problems, relation problems, suicidal inclination, etc.

2004-2005 TSUNAMI RELIEF Sri Lanka

In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, after conducting an initial survey just days after

ALFONS VAN HOOF 250 Group 12 Svay Dangkum • Siem Reap • CAMBODIA • +855978714902 67, Rukmani Devi Road •Negombo • SRI LANKA • +94777554896 • [email protected] • www.twtrans.info

the event on request of the Belgian consul, we started a family-based relief project which has run for about 6-7 months, distributing hundreds of basic kitchen packs (cooker, gas bottle, pots & pans, basic tools) to tsunami victims all along the south coast.

M A I N EDUCATION:

2012-2013 ESL-INSIDER Certificate: TEFL

1977 to CATHOLIC LOUVAIN 1979 Leuven, Belgium Degree: Master in Business Administration Major: Operations Research - Minor

An 18 months special program for graduates, taught entirely in English, and at that time one of the top MBA programs in Europe

1974 to 1977 UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP Antwerp, Belgium Certificate: Teaching Certificate, “aggregation”, CUM LAUDE

1974 to UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP 1977 Antwerp, Belgium Degree: Master in Commercial Engineering, MAGNA CUM LAUDE Major: no options

A thorough mix of practical engineering courses (without the traditional detail) and business economics, a preparation for leading business functions in an industrial environment.

1972 to UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP 1974 Antwerp, Belgium Degree: Bachelor in Applied Economics, CUM LAUDE Major: no options